Silicon MacBook could launch on 27 October and cost $800

Re:Silicon MacBook could launch on 27 October and cost $800 by contingencies on Saturday August 01, 2020 @03:10AM (#24018363)

You can trademark ~anything but it might not stand up in court. Then again, who is going to take Apple to court? For them it's just cheap insurance.

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Re:Silicon MacBook could launch on 27 October and cost $800 by dcewcrrec on Saturday August 01, 2020 @03:31AM (#24018471)

You have to have the trademark approved, and they don't really care how big your company is, they will not approve a trademark for the word silicon. See: clothing brand Supreme's attempt to trademark their Supreme logo on a red background.

If apple combines the word with a unique logo or combines it with some other word, they can get the trademark, but you can't get it for the word silicon by itself.

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Re:Silicon MacBook could launch on 27 October and cost $800 by jedberg on Saturday August 01, 2020 @03:38AM (#24018505)

Apple has a trademark on the word Apple in the computer space.

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Re:Silicon MacBook could launch on 27 October and cost $800 by CraftThatBlock on Saturday August 01, 2020 @03:47AM (#24018560)

Yes, but silicon is a common word in tech.

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Re:Silicon MacBook could launch on 27 October and cost $800 by JimDabell on Saturday August 01, 2020 @10:27AM (#24020650)

"Windows" was a common word in tech, but Microsoft managed to get a trademark on that.

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